Improvement in vehicle-fenders



N. JACKSON.

VehicIe-Fe'nder.

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IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-FENDERS,

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,679, dated March 9, 1875 application filed January 25, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, N oBLE J AoKsoN, of Higginsville, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohang Device for Wheeled Vehicles, of which the following is a specification:

My improvement consists in the combination, with the body of the vehicle, of the downwardly-projecting bracket and its rubber roller, arranged so as to protect both the body and the equalizing device from injury and strain, and afford a cushion to break the sudden contact and concussion of the wheel against the body.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation ot1 a vehicle embracing my invention, and Fig. 2 a bottoni view ofthe same.

The body a is mounted upon springs b. At each side and to the bottom of the body I secure, by brackets c, rollers d, arranged at an angle to the body, and in positions to receive the action 0f the front wheels e c in turning the vehicle, as shown in Fig. 2. These rollers may be of any suitable material. I prefer rubber, however, and they may be secured in straight or curved brackets. They may be secured to the reaches and accomplish the same results.

When using my equalizer, as described and shown in a patent bearing even date herewith, the chating device is especially advantageous in protecting the reacting wheelf, pivoted to the reach g, and the oblique rods it, for uniting said Wheel to the body, from all injurious action which might be produced by the jumping of the body upon the Wheel when the latter is turned short against the body.

I am aware that chang-rollers have been used to prevent the rubbing ot' the wheels against the body ofthe vehicle, and, therefore, do not claim such device, broadly.

l claim- The combination of the body ot the vehicle, the downwardly-projecting bracket c, and the roller d, to protect both the body of the vehicle and the equalizing device, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

NOBLE JACKSON. Witnesses:

J. LEE TINKER, GEORGE B. Fr'ron. 

